First light in our completed observatory - Page 2

danielsun · #21 23-05-2009, 10:15 PM

Great stuff guys.

The observatory looks great. Did you design and build it yourselves?
I would love to have the convenience of just leaving everything set up.

Nice work on the image too, all looks good.

Cheers Daniel.

Tamtarn · #22 24-05-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Hagar

Nice first light from the new Obs. It will make your life a little easier and more productive.

Really making life easier already Doug. By the way we're heading up your way for a few days first week in June hope the weather's good

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Originally Posted by prokyon

Wonderful pic!!!

And congratulations on your observatory, thats something I`m dreaming of...

cheers

werner

Took me 6 months to build Werner but worth every bit of the time spent

David

Tamtarn · #23 24-05-2009, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by danielsun

Great stuff guys.

The observatory looks great. Did you design and build it yourselves?
I would love to have the convenience of just leaving everything set up.

Nice work on the image too, all looks good.

Cheers Daniel.

Glad you liked the image Daniel.

I did design the observatory myself. As mentioned before it took me 6 months to build on my own. Slow going with extreme heat and bushfires during summer then rainy days but all finished now thank goodness.

There's a progressive page on our website if you're interested in taking a look. You may get some ideas

David

jase (Jason) · #24 24-05-2009, 12:01 PM

Pleased I didn't miss this one. Well done Barb and David. The obs should boost image output and quality. Saving time on the set up will allow you to focus on more important aspects instead of wrestling with equipment each night. You've provided a grand image to boot. Nicely done indeed.

dugnsuz (Doug) · #25 24-05-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tamtarn

There's a progressive page on our website if you're interested in taking a look. You may get some ideas

David

Very interesting step-by-step David, Thanks
Doug

bluescope · #26 24-05-2009, 02:32 PM

Good to see your observatory is finished and getting used to do some good imaging guys ! Nice start

pgc hunter · #27 24-05-2009, 04:40 PM

fantastic image and congratulations on your observatory!

Tamtarn · #28 25-05-2009, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jase

Pleased I didn't miss this one. Well done Barb and David. The obs should boost image output and quality. Saving time on the set up will allow you to focus on more important aspects instead of wrestling with equipment each night. You've provided a grand image to boot. Nicely done indeed.

Glad you caught it Jase

The obs sure does save time we get up and running pretty quickly. Have a couple of more objects to process which we captured on Thursday and Friday after I put in two all nighters

Barb chickened out and went to bed around 3am

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Originally Posted by dugnsuz

Very interesting step-by-step David, Thanks
Doug

If I can build one you sure can Doug - When does construction start

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Originally Posted by bluescope

Good to see your observatory is finished and getting used to do some good imaging guys ! Nice start

Thanks Steve

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Originally Posted by pgc hunter

fantastic image and congratulations on your observatory!

Appreciate the comments

Ric · #29 25-05-2009, 11:48 PM

Congrats on both counts, an excellent image for your first light and a fantastic looking Obs.

Cheers

Tamtarn · #30 27-05-2009, 12:02 PM

Thanks Ric, Barb did a nice job of processing on this image.

The observatory has certainly made imaging more enjoyable with a permanent set up.

David

h0ughy (David) · #31 27-05-2009, 01:29 PM

so who rules this roost? excellent results on the observatory guys

Tamtarn · #32 27-05-2009, 09:57 PM

David, if the roost is the obs then my ruling is safe, at least until Barb sees this post.

Glad you like the obs, it took some time to complete as I had never built anything like this before.

David

Jen · #33 27-05-2009, 10:47 PM

beautiful pic nice observatory too
looking forward to seeing more pics from you cheers

Tamtarn · #34 29-05-2009, 02:25 AM

Thanks for the

for the image and observatory Jen.

glenc (Glen) · #35 29-05-2009, 03:44 PM

Wow, that M8 is fantastic!

Bassnut (Fred) · #36 29-05-2009, 05:53 PM

Come to think of it, after looking at your site again, and the care and detail youve put into the Obs and the improvement shown in your M8, I hope your next move is a Mod by Ezy Styles at least, or even a CCD in the long term, I think you would produce even more awesome results very quickly.

Tamtarn · #37 29-05-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by glenc

Wow, that M8 is fantastic!

Thanks Glen pleased you enjoyed it

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

Come to think of it, after looking at your site again, and the care and detail youve put into the Obs and the improvement shown in your M8, I hope your next move is a Mod by Ezy Styles at least, or even a CCD in the long term, I think you would produce even more awesome results very quickly.

Thanks mate for the positive comments.

Unfortunately we won't be changing our gear for a while as having just completed the obs and just purchased a new power source and took delivery today of our "Star Stuff" saddle plate and customised C9.25 dovetail plate. ( A beautifully engineered set up by the way

).

We're doing everything we can to eliminate flexure and we think this set up will have a great influence on doing just that. (will post on equip discussions soon)

So our budget has been streeetched to the limit at the moment.

Maybe we will venture further sometime next year but at this stage we will just try to get the most out of the gear we have now